Miettinen, Oskari Challenges for Growth in Small Finnish Software Firms: A Multiple-Case Study/ Oskari Miettinen Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2009. 88 p. Based on a literature review and an empirical research, a growth challenge model for small Finnish software frms is introduced. The literature review covers such topics as research on growth of a frm, reasons, and ways to grow, and vari...

The New World genus Eucalantica Busck, 1904 is reviewed. It comprises seven species, six of which are described as new: Eucalantica costaricae Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., Eucalantica ehecatlella Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., Eucalantica icarusella Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., Eucalantica powelli Sohn, sp. n., and Eucalantica pumila Sohn, sp. n., all five from Costa Rica; Eucalantica vaquero Sohn, sp. n. from ...

Introduction Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by group A streptococcus (GAS). The clinical symptoms are usually mild. Before October, 2007, case-based surveillance of scarlet fever was conducted through notifiable infectious diseases in Taiwan, but was removed later from the list of notifiable disease because of improved medical care capacities. In 2011, Hong Kong had encountered a...

Since 18 August 2011, 17 cases of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease have been reported. They were tourists from five European countries who had stayed in five accommodation sites in Lazise, Italy. The dates of symptom onset ranged from 18 July to 25 August 2011. Control measures were implemented and no further cases associated with stays at the sites have been reported after disinfection....

From the beginning of 2007 until the end of 2011, 146 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) were notified to the Barcelona Public Health Agency. Some 49% of them were diagnosed and reported in 2011, mainly in men who have sex with men. Almost half of them, 32 cases, were reported between July and September. This cluster represents the largest since 2004. This article presents the ongoing outb...

We report on the evolution and epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae (CNSE) including carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Belgium between January 2007 and April 2011. Significantly higher numbers of CNSE and of CPE were detected in 2010 and 2011 compared to the years 2007 to 2009. The majority of patients carrying CPE did not have history of travel abroad...

background and aims:  myasthenia gravis (mg) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission resulting in muscle weakness. while mg reportedly occurs in all ethnic groups, relative differences in disease prevalence are yet to be determined. the aim of this study was evaluation  of incidance and other disorders with it in kerman province of iran. methods: all patients with mg that...

The study performed a bibliometric analysis on research literature related to ‘engineering design process’ (EDP) that has emerged as popular approach for STEM education in K-12. comprised 142 journal articles published from 2011 2021. There are three objectives of the study. Firstly, identify leading trends EDP have developed since release A Framework K-12 Science Education 2011. This framework...

" Liveness detection " , a technique used to determine the vitality of a submitted biometric, has been implemented in fingerprint scanners in recent years. The goal for the LivDet 2011 competition is to compare software-based fingerprint liveness detection methodologies (Part 1), as well as fingerprint systems which incorporate liveness detection capabilities (Part 2), using a standardized test...